Business Analyst - ESG - Data Products

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Verisk Maplecroft is looking for a Business Analyst for the Product and Technology team focused on the Financial Institutions (specifically Markets/ Investors) segment of our client base. This role would be suitable for someone with 5-7 years’ experience as a Business Analyst or a related product role within the software, asset management/ financial services, or data industry. This role will provide business analysis services to several new and ongoing strategic and product initiatives.

• Carry out business analysis activities including scoping, gap analysis, and detailed requirements definition, working closely with commercial teams and customers to understand needs.
• Drive the requirements-gathering process resulting in high-level documentation that is agreed to be concise, accurate, complete, and clear by internal and external customers as well as the development team.
• Ensure features are delivered to scope, on time, and in the priority order as defined by the Product team.
• Maintain updated, correct and clear roadmaps for features and products and effectively communicate dependencies, blockers, and updates to key stakeholders.
• Take the lead on developing functional specifications in partnership with the Product team.
• Manage key stakeholders, making sure that their needs and expectations are met.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the business including development and management.
• Document business cases for new projects that are subsequently approved for execution.
• Become an expert in Maplecroft products, specifically oriented towards Markets/ Investor segment.
• Follow JIRA processes and ensure colleagues have all necessary information to implement requirements.
• Perform user acceptance testing and coordinate quality assurance testing as appropriate.
• Support in the development and updating of training materials and other end user support documentation.
• Be able to run feature teams as required, taking responsibility for the entire development cycle, from requirement discovery through to effective development, adequate UAT and QA testing and timely releases.
• Work effectively within the Agile framework and run effective discovery, refinement, and retrospective ceremonies.
• Act as the first line of defense for bugs and disrupters, resolving them wherever possible, triaging them when not, and owning communication with the stakeholders.
• Work with sales, support and development to make sure that our products continue to sell and delight our customers.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• 5 to 7+ years’ experience in a related role within the software, asset management/ financial services or data industry; some experience with ESG is desirable.
• Experience in working with / technical familiarity in SaaS and Rest API products.
• Experience of owning and successfully driving the analysis and requirements gathering process within a data services or IT arena.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and someone who enjoys the challenge of solving complex issues.
• Experience of performing gap analysis.
• Effective skills in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint is expected.
• Skills and experience in using API tools like Postman, JMeter or Swagger is desirable.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills and ability and desire to take the initiative to drive features and products to completion.

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces list.

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Our team of nearly 9,000 helps customers make crucial decisions every day about risk—with greater precision, efficiency, and discipline.